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In terms of display of machines, we have

brought equipment basically to bring out certain

technology which is going to be the future.

At BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA 2026, Schwing Stetter highlighted its latest product and technology
developments, and its expanding manufacturing and engineering capabilities for India and global
markets. In an exclusive interview to CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, V.G. SAKTHIKUMAR, CMD,
SCHWING STETTER INDIA, details on his company’s offerings, skilling, job opportunities and a lot more.

Your feedback on BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA 2026 and what products
have you displayed and launched.
We are quite happy about our participation in this exhibition. Actually
there are lot of discussions about the timing of the exhibition because
of the extreme heat. So that was a challenge but I think overall in terms
of interest and the timing, in the sense considering the other events
what is happening, I think everything is perfect. In terms of display of
machines, we have brought equipment basically to bring out certain
technology which is going to be the future. For example, we have
shown an electric truck mixture. In China within 4-5 years, what was
diesel driven or fossil fuel driven truck mixtures which used to be 100%
has just reversed and 85% today are electric. So that is a type of fast
quick change which has happened there. We can take China as a
good example because they are in the development little ahead
of us. So I think a similar change can be expected in India as well in
the coming period of time. So that is something to do on the energy
moving away from the conventional source of fuel. We have done
an electric truck mixture and also CNG truck mixture both we have
displayed in this exhibition.
And overall we have shown around 27 machines. Out of these 27, there

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